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Pre-Reading: The Giver by Lois Lowry

Previewing:

What do you see on the front cover? How many chapters are there? What does the back of the book tell you about Lois Lowry? ______

Predict/Support: Make a prediction about the book based on the cover/ title: ______

Activate Prior Knowledge: A Utopia is a perfect world or a perfect society. What would you want your perfect world to look like? ______

Name 8 things you would have in your perfect world: ______

Name 8 things you would NOT have in your perfect world: ______

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Chapter One

  1. On the first page, Jonas remembers a time that he was actually “frightened”. Describe this event: ______

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Would you have been frightened by this event? ______Explain. ______

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  1. The book refers to people being “released”. What do you think this means? ______

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  1. Jonas’ friend Asher often confuses words. Asher says that he was distraught when he was watching the crew at the salmon hatchery. What does he really mean? ______

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  1. Describe the evening ritual that takes place every night after dinner at Jonas’ house. ______

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Connect: Make a connection to the “evening ritual” at Jonas’ house and you’re your house at night. ______

  1. What is Jonas’ father’s job? ______
  1. Describe what you think Jonas’ father does at his job. ______

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  1. What is Jonas’ mother’s job? ______
  1. Why is Jonas feeling apprehensive? ______

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  1. What title would you give to this chapter? Remember, you are looking for the main idea.

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Ceremony Chart

At the Ceremony, the entire Community celebrates the new age for the children. List the changes that take place for each of the age groups. You will need to use chapters 1 – 8.

AgeWhat are the changes……..Why is this important

Ones
Threes
Sevens
Eights
Nines
Tens
Elevens
Twelves

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Chapter Two

  1. What happens at the ceremony of the Ones: ______

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How many children are in each age group? ______

  1. Who is Gabriel? ______

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  1. How old was Jonas when they received Lily? ______

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  1. Dad tells Jonas about his own ceremony. What does he tell Jonas? ______

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Monitor your Reading:

What do you get as a “nine” :______

What do you get as an “eleven”:______

Connect: What assignment do you think you would get? Why? ______

  1. Why is Jonas concerned about Asher? ______

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  1. What is Lily’s comfort item? ______
  2. What was Jonas’s comfort item? ______
  3. What title would you give this chapter? ______

Make an inference:

What does Jonas’ world think of animals?:______

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Chapter Three

  1. What does baby Gabriel have in common with Jonas? ______

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  1. Why does Gabe come to Jonas’ house? ______

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  1. Jonas’ little sister loves babies and says she would like to be a birthmother. What are the pros and cons to this assignment?

Pros______

Cons______

  1. Jonas remembers a strange incident he has at school. Describe what happened with the apple. (3 sentences)______

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  1. What title would you give this chapter? ______

Predict: What do you think is the importance of the apple? Support your prediction. ______

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Chapter Four

  1. How does Jonas feel about doing volunteer hours? ______

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  1. How old are the children in Jonas’s world when they start doing volunteer hours?

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  1. Who does Jonas find working at the House of the Old?

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  1. What duty or duties is Jonas given at the House of the Old? Explain. (3 sentences)

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  1. Who is Larissa?

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  1. Larissa describes Roberto’s release. What does she say happened?

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  1. What title would you give this chapter? ______

Connect: We don’t have “Houses of the Old” but we do have something similar. Make a connection to the idea of the “House of the Old”. ______

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Chapter Five

  1. What is the morning ritual that is held every morning in Jonas’s community? ______

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  1. At what age does dream telling begin?

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  1. Who was in Jonas’s dream?

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  1. What does Mom say that Jonas is experiencing?

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  1. What is the treatment for the above?

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  1. What title would you give this chapter? ______

Monitor: There is a saying, “the stirring of one’s heart.” What do you think this means? ______

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Chapter Six

  1. What is beginning to happen at the start of chapter 6? ______

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  1. Who attends the ceremonies?

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  1. How long do the ceremonies last?

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  1. Gabe is not included in the Naming and Placements of the Ones. Why not?

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  1. Where do people go when they are released?

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  1. One family receives a Replacement Child. What happened to the first Caleb?

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  1. What title would you give this chapter? ______

Reread the last page of the chapter: How are spouses chosen? ______What does this say about the community? ______

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Chapter Seven

Predict: What do you think Jonas’s assignment will be? Support your prediction. ______

  1. What is Jonas’s Birth number? ______

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  1. What are the assignments for the following Twelves?

Madeline ______

Inger______

Isaac______

Asher______

Fiona______

  1. What happens when they get to Jonas?

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  1. Why do you think this happened?

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  1. What title would you give this chapter? ______

Connect: Have you ever been skipped or excluded from something? Describe when this has happened to you and how did you feel? ______

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Chapter Eight

  1. Who makes the speech for the Ceremony of the Twelves? ______

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  1. She tells the Community and Jonas that he was selected. Selected for what?

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  1. What qualities does Jonas need to have?
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  7. What happens when Jonas looks at the crowd of faces?

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  1. Why does the Community chant Jonas’s name?

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Connect: What emotion would you be experiencing if you were Jonas? Why would you feel this way? ______

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Chapter Nine

Predict: What do you think the job of “Receiver of Memory” will be? ______

Jonas has many rules and instructions. Describe each rule and how Jonas feels about each one.

Description of Rule/InstructionHow Jonas feels about this rule….

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Connect: What assignment do you think would be given to you and why? ______

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Chapter Ten

Visualize a scene:

Describe the Receiver of Memory’s room. Include at least 5 descriptions:

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  1. What was the “most obvious” difference between the Receiver’s dwelling and Jonas’s dwelling? ______

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  1. What types of books are in Jonas’s home?What type is missing?

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Make an Inference: Why might a community such as this not want its citizens to have books?

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Connect: Name all of the types of books you have in your house?

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What is your favorite book and why? ______

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  1. Why didn’t Jonas know what snow was? ______

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  1. What was it about the speaker that astonished Jonas? ______

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  1. Give this chapter a title: ______

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Chapter Eleven

  1. How does the Receiver transmit memories to Jonas? ______

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  1. What is Jonas’s first memory? ______

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Connect:

Describe your earliest memory. How old were you:

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  1. What happened to snow? ______
  1. What happened to hills?

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Monitor your reading:

Why is this book called The Giver?

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  1. In the sentence, “But you know, even transmitting that tiny memory to you—I think it lightened me just a little,” what does transmitting mean: ______

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  1. Give this chapter a title: ______

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Chapter Twelve

  1. What does Jonas notice about Fiona? ______

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  1. What other two items “changed” for Jonas? ______

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  1. Why doesn’t The Giver have to transmit the memory of the sled to Jonas?______

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Activate Prior Knowledge:

What do you know about sledding that would make it not exist in Jonas’s world?:

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  1. What is Jonas beginning to see? ______

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  1. Why is The Giver going to give Jonas a memory of a rainbow?

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Monitor your reading:

In order to go to sameness, what did the community eliminate?

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  1. Give this chapter a title:______

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Chapter Thirteen

Make a connection:

Would you like to live in a world of Sameness – a world in which there were no choices? Explain why or why not. ______

  1. Jonas tried to transmit color to Asher. He also tried to give Lily the memory of an elephant. Do you think he was breaking the rules given to him? Why or why not? ______

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  1. Where was The Giver’s former spouse? Why? ______

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  1. According to The Giver, why would having a spouse be difficult for Jonas? Do you agree? ______

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  1. What happened to the memories that had been given to the previous Receiver-in-training when she failed? What was the result?______

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  1. Give this chapter a title: ______

Predict/Support:

Make a prediction: what is the painful memory involving a sled that The Giver gives to Jonas?

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Chapters Twelve & Thirteen

Jonas lives in a world without color for “sameness.” Do you think color provides more positive or negative impression? Would sameness be more or less desirable? Fill in the chart below with positive and negative images associated with the colors. Be prepared to share your answers to the above questions and your chart.

COLOR / POSITIVEIMAGE / NEGATIVEIMAGE
Red
Blue
Yellow
Orange
Green
Purple

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Chapter Fourteen

  1. What memory that is worse than “sunburn” does The Giver transmit to Jonas?

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Make an inference:

Do you think Jonas still believed it was an honor to have been selected Receiver? Cite a phrase from the book to support your opinion.

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  1. The Giver explains to Jonas that he will gain something by being the holder of the memories. What will Jonas gain? ______
  1. What is wrong with Gabriel? ______

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  1. What happens when twins are born? ______

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  1. What is “Elsewhere?”

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  1. How did Jonas calm Gabriel when the newchild squirmed fretfully? ______

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  1. Give this chapter a title: ______

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Chapter 15

Imagery is vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste). Listen to Chapter 15 and list examples of the following from the text:

See (10) / Hear (8) / Smell (5) / Touch (5) / Taste (3)
  1. What is the setting? ______
  1. Why did The Giver ask Jonas to forgive him? ______

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  1. Give this chapter a title: ______

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Chapter Sixteen

Make an Inference:

Why had Jonas never seen a birthday party before?:

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Connect:

Describe your favorite birthday celebration:

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  1. What is The Giver’s favorite memory?______

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  1. What puzzled Jonas most about The Giver’s favorite memory? ______

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  1. Where can Jonas find the names of his parents’ parents? ______

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  1. What do Jonas’s parents say about love? ______
  2. What does Jonas tell Gabriel? ______

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  1. How does Jonas break the rules at the end of the chapter? ______

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  1. Give this chapter a title: ______

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Chapter Seventeen

  1. “And his new, heightened feelings permeated a greater realm than simply his sleep.” What does permeated mean? ______
  1. How is Jonas changing? ______

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  1. How does Jonas react to Asher’s game of “good guys/bad guys”? ______

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Make an inference:

Why can’t Asher and Fiona understand Jonas’s reaction to the “good guys/bad guys” game?:

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  1. What does father bring home from work in case Gabriel misbehaves?______

Activate Prior Knowledge:

What do you know about identical twins?:

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  1. Why does Father want to go to sleep early? ______

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  1. What happens to identical twins? ______

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  1. Give this chapter a title:______

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Chapter Eighteen

  1. Why can’t Jonas ask for release? ______

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  1. Who is Rosemary? ______

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  1. The Giver tells Jonas, “And she listened carefully. Her eyes were very luminous, I remember.” What does luminous mean? ______

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  1. What was the first memory of pain that The Giver transferred to Rosemary?

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  1. After Rosemary’s release, what happened to the community? ______

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  1. What does Jonas propose to The Giver?______

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Predict and Support:

The author used foreshadowing near the end of the chapter when The Giver said, “I suppose I could help the whole community the way I’ve helped you…maybe we’ll talk about it again sometime.” Predict what might happen after Jonas and The Giver ‘talk about it again:”

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  1. Give this chapter a title:______

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Chapter Nineteen

  1. What is release? ______

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  1. How does the actual release of the twin differ from what Father had described?

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Make an Inference:

Death often reminds us of death. Why does the community want to eliminate death?:

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  1. What memory did the newchild’s death bring back to The Giver?

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  1. Why does The Giver imply that Rosemary is brave?

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Predict:

What do you think Jonas will do with the information he received from watching the release?

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  1. Give this chapter a title: ______

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Chapter Twenty

  1. Why didn’t Jonas want to return home? ______

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  1. What does Jonas learn about what happens to the Old? ______

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  1. The Giver and Jonas make a plan. Why will the Giver not go with Jonas?

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  1. Like Jonas, The Giver had the ability to “sense” beyond, what could The Giver do?

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Monitor your reading: In your own words, describe The Giver’s and Jonas’s plan:

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  1. Who is The Giver’s daughter? ______

Predict and Support:

Do you think the plan will work? Why or why not? ______

  1. Give this chapter a title ______

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Chapter Twenty-one

Letter of Farewell – Imagine you are Jonas. Before you escape from the community, you decide to write a letter of farewell. You may address your letter to any of the following characters: Mother, Father, Lily, Asher, Fiona, or The Giver. Remember to sign your letter!

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  1. Why was Jonas forced to change his plan? ______

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  1. What rules did Jonas break? ______

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  1. How did Jonas and Gabriel keep hidden from the heat-seeking devices on the search planes?

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  1. What happened to Jonas’s memories?

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  1. Give this chapter a title ______

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Chapter Twenty-two

  1. How was the landscape changing? ______

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Imagery:

Describe some of the new and good experiences that Jonas and Gabe have on their journey. Use sensory details.

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  1. Now that Jonas and Gabe were away from the community, what was Jonas’s greatest fear?

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  1. How did Jonas’s memories help him now?

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Monitor your Reading:

Jonas was starving, but he realized that if he stayed in the community, he would have been “starved” in other ways. What would Jonas have been “hungry” for?

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  1. What were some of the dangers/negative experiences facing Jonas and Gabe?

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  1. Give this chapter a title ______

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Chapter Twenty-three

Connect:

Would you have made the same decision to leave as Jonas did? Support your answer with text evidence.

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  1. Jonas and Gabriel were cold and tired. Gabriel was getting weaker and weaker. How did Jonas find the strength to go on?

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  1. When Jonas reaches the top of the hill, why does he say, “I remember this place, Gabe.”

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  1. What happened to Jonas and Gabriel when they reached the bottom of the hill? Why? ______

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  1. Give this chapter a title ______

Write a Review:

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Describe your favorite scene.

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Write an additional sceneto The Giver. Tell what happened to Jonas and Gabriel. You may include information about additional characters such as The Giver, Mother, Father, Fiona, Asher, Lily, etc. Write an outline of your scene before you write the final copy below. Be sure to use dialogue. Must be 3-5 paragraphs.

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